AP No. 12 | Coaches No. 14 2016–17 record 23–7 (11–6 Big 12) | |
Head coach Bob Huggins (10th year) | ||
The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represents West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by tenth year head coach Bob Huggins and play their home games at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. They are members of the Big 12 Conference.
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Previous season
The Mountaineers finished the 2015–16 season 26–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in second place in conference. They defeated TCU and Oklahoma to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 3 seed, they were upset in the First Round by No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin.
Schedule and results
Source: [1]
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings